Track-alining apparatus.



No. 855,733. PATENTED JUNE 4., 1907.

F. B. SHAW & J. M. EBERLE.

TRACK ALINING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 1320.7, 1906.

o v V w K m 1f m x THE NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRACK-ALINING APPARATUS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

A tplicsaim filed December 7,1906. Eserial No. 346,790.

Tfi aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK B. SHAW and JOHN M. EBERLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Warsaw, in the county of Kosciusko and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-Alining Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for alining railroad tracks, and consists of a supporting frame provided with means for anchoring the same outside of the track proper, and means on the frame for shifting the track.

An especial feature of this invention is that the framework and working mechanism are all located outside of the rails while in use, thus allowing the passage of a train without removing or changing the position of the device.

Another feature is the construction'of the anchor blade; and another feature is the means employed to secure the frame to the rail or track while setting the anchor.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the device as placed in position for alining a track. Fig. 2 is a plan of the device removed from the track. Fig. 3 is an end elevation with the anchor blade raised. Fig. 4 is a cross section of the frame on line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the machine has a frame preferably constructed of two parallel channel bars 10 which form' guides for a sliding block or head 14 placed therebetween. The bars 10 have cross connections of any suitable kind, such as a cross plate 10, riveted to the inner ends of the bars and an end cross casting or piece 11, bolted to the outer ends thereof.

The end piece has a curved vertical slot 11 in which slides the anchor 12.

11 is a flange on the end piece, to rest on the ground, and 11 are vertical posts having a cross piece 1 1, in which is mounted a screw 13 having a handle at the top and connected to the top of the anchor blade 12. This screw is for inserting the anchor blade in the ground and for raising same when desired.

The anchor blade 12 has a curved form concave on the inner side, or toward the track, and convex on the other. This blade is preferably pointed at the bottom. By having an anchor of this shape it has greater strength and holding power than a flat blade.

The sliding block or head 14 which moves in the guides is provided with a hook 14 which is adapted to engage the base flange of the adjacent or near rail X as shown.

15 is a power screw engaging a screwthreaded. bore in the block 14. This screw is for moving theblock 14 when it is desired to shift or aline the track. The head of the screw 15 is journaled in a box 16 secured to the side bars 10, the said screw being progided with a grooved or thrust bearing in the 17 is a ratchet lever pivoted to the rod 15, and having a pawl or dog 17 X which engages a ratchet wheel-17 fixed on the screw 15. The dog 17 is reversible.

By operating the ratchet lever 17 the screw 15 will move the rail block 14 forward or back as may be desired.

14 is a bar set transversely in the block 14 in position to rest on the ties, thus supporting the said block in position and preventing the same from dropping especially while anchoring the frame 10.

While not absolutely essential, a connection may be formed from the block 14 to the opposite rail, by means of a .cable 19 having a hook 19 engaging an eye 14 on the block 14 and having a rail hook 19 which engages the farther or opposite rail.

In setting this track device in osition the frame 10 is placed at one side 0 track with its inner end under the rail and between two of the ties. The block 14 is then arranged to engage the rail with the rod 14 resting'on the ties, which holds the frame down while the anchor blade is being screwed down. When the anchor is down securely in place the track may be readily shifted by operating the ratchet lever and screw. The upwardly projecting parts are far enough to one side of the track to allow a train to pass without disturbing the apparatus.

We claim:

1. In a track alining apparatus, in combination, a frame, means thereon to apply pressure to a track, and a concave anchor blade connected to the frame and adapted to be driven into the ground.

2. In a track alining apparatus, in combination, a frame having a curved slot therein, means on the frame to apply pressure to a track, and a curved anchor blade slidable up and down through the slot.

3. In a track alining apparatus, in combination, a frame having at the inner end a pair of guide bars adapted to be placed under a rail of the track and having an anchor at the outer end, a block slidable on the bars and having means to engage the rail base, and means mounted upon the frame to forcibly move the block, to shift the track.

4. In a track alining apparatus, in combi nation, a frame having guides at the inner end and a bearing at the outer end, means to anchor the frame to the ground, a screw held in the bearing, a ratchet and lever connected to the screw, to turn the same, and a traveling block carried by the screw, in the guides, and having means to engage a rail.

5. In a track alining apparatus, in combination, a pair of guide bars adapted to be inserted under a rail of the track, a ground engaging anchor at the outer ends of the bars, a block slidable between the inner ends of the bars and having means to engage the rail base, a screw extending through the block and having a thrust bearing box secured to the bars, and means to turn the screw.

6. In a track alining apparatus, in combination, a pair of guide bars adapted to be inserted between the ties and under the rail of the track, means to anchor the .bars to the ground, a block slidable between the bars and having means to engage the rail base and also having lateral projections adapted to rest u on the ties, and a screw connected to the b ock and having operating means, to move the block. y,

7. In a track alining apparatus, in combination, a frame, a block slidable thereon and having means to engage one rail, an earth engaging anchor connected to the frame, means to slide the block, and a cable connected to the block and having means to engage the other rail.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK B. SHAW. JOHN M. EBERLE. 

